Museum of Work and Culture
Museum of Work and Culture is a museum in Rhode Island, at a modelled elevation of 43 m. Absalona Hill stands 198 m to the southwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is River Island Art Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Great and Breakneck Hill Roads passes 7.5 miles off.
The story
The Museum of Work and Culture is a museum in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, that features exhibits focusing on the city's textile manufacturing heritage. The museum is operated by the Rhode Island Historical Society and located at 42 South Main Street in Market Square in the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor.
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Dates from 1997.
Wikidata Q17011715, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 7.5 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 9.4 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 14.3 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 22.1 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
Overlooks nearby
- Lookout Point · 10 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 12 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 13 mi
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- River Island Art Park: 0.1 mi
- River Island Park: 0.1 mi
- Main Street Urban Park: 0.3 mi
- Costa Park: 0.4 mi
- Cold Spring Park: 0.7 mi
- Blackstone River: 0.3 mi
- Blackstone River: 0.4 mi
- Blackstone River: 0.5 mi
- Blackstone River: 0.5 mi
- Blackstone River: 0.6 mi
- Statue of Hachikō: 0.3 mi
- Statue: 9.7 mi
- Veritas Eternaliter Juvenis (truth is eternally young): 11.4 mi
- McGlynn Sculpture Court: 11.6 mi
- The Hummingbird Palace: 11.9 mi
- Woonsocket Civil War Monument: 0.5 mi
- Taft - Main House: 5.5 mi
- Bryant Archway: 5.6 mi
- Monk's Quarry: 6.8 mi
- Nine Men's Misery Monument: 7.0 mi
- Premisy Hill: 1.9 mi
- Cobble Hill: 2.2 mi
- Whortleberry Hill: 2.3 mi
- Woonsocket Hill: 2.4 mi
- Sayles Hill: 2.9 mi
- Captain Wilbur Kelly House Transportation Museum: 6.0 mi
- Hearthside House Museum: 7.8 mi
- Franklin Historical Museum: 8.3 mi
- National Park Lowe Mill: 9.4 mi
- Johnston Historical Society: 9.5 mi
- Cumberlandite: 3.1 mi
- Slater Mill: 10.9 mi
- Teetering Rock: 11.8 mi
- Chattering Rock: 11.8 mi
- Rhode Island State House Tours: 12.7 mi
- Spring Lake Beach: 7.4 mi
- Georgiaville Beach: 7.5 mi
- Georgiaville Pond Beach: 7.5 mi
- Flynns Beach: 7.5 mi
- Chilson Beach: 7.7 mi
- Rain Gardens: 8.1 mi
- Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 10.2 mi
- Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 10.2 mi
- Julia's Garden: 10.4 mi
- Attleboro Rose Garden: 12.0 mi
- Site #36: 7.6 mi
- 1: 10.3 mi
- 36: 10.3 mi
- 2: 10.3 mi
- 16-34: 10.3 mi
- Pond Cave: 7.7 mi
- Fatboy Boulder: 7.7 mi
- Lower Heart: 8.1 mi
- Jade Boulder: 8.2 mi
- Warm Up Cave: 8.2 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 5.5 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 5.5 mi
- Thirsty Beaver: 8.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 11.6 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 12.2 mi
- Cascade Brook Falls: 8.7 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 16.5 mi
- Cargill Falls: 21.1 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 23.9 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 24.1 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 12.9 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Museum of Work and Culture. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Absalona Hill | SW 220° | 198 m | 8.5 mi |
| Keech Hill | SW 222° | 194 m | 7.6 mi |
| Woonsocket Hill | SW 232° | 180 m | 2.4 mi |
| Cooper Hill | SW 236° | 171 m | 7.4 mi |
| Whortleberry Hill | SSW 191° | 169 m | 2.3 mi |
| Nipsachuck Hill | SW 214° | 167 m | 4.8 mi |
| Beacon Pole Hill | E 95° | 162 m | 3.4 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | NNW 327° | 162 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:33 | 16:18 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 31 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woonsocket, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/366690983
Day trips start here
- Woonsocket · 0 mi
- Blackstone · 2 mi
- North Smithfield · 3 mi
- Cumberland · 5 mi
- Smithfield · 6 mi
- Lincoln · 7 mi
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